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  • API 582 : 2016

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    WELDING GUIDELINES FOR THE CHEMICAL, OIL, AND GAS INDUSTRIES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  20-05-2023

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-05-2016

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    1 Scope
    2 Normative References
    3 Definitions
    4 General Welding Requirements
    5 Welding Processes
    6 Welding Consumables (Filler Metal and Flux)
    7 Shielding and Purging Gases
    8 Preheating and Interpass Temperature
    9 Post-weld Heat Treatment (PWHT)
    10 Cleaning and Surface Preparation
    11 Special Procedure Qualification Requirements/Testing
    12 Other Items
    Annex A (informative) - Welding Consumables for Shielded
            Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
    Annex B (normative) - Weld Overlay and Clad Restoration
            (Back Cladding)

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    Specifies supplementary guidelines and practices for welding and welding related topics for shop and field fabrication, repair and modification of the following: a) pressure-containing equipment such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping, heater tubes, and pressure boundaries of rotating equipment and attachments welded thereto; b) tanks and attachments welded thereto; c) nonremovable internals for process equipment; d) structural items attached and related to process equipment; e) other equipment or component item when referenced by an applicable purchase document.

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    Development Note Russian translation of 2ED 2009 edition is still available, see API 582 RUSSIAN. (05/2016)
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API 934-E : 2018 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 1[1/4]CR-[1/2]MO STEEL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR SERVICE ABOVE 825 DEGREES F (440 DEGREES C)
    API 2009 : 2002 : R2007 SAFE WELDING, CUTTING, AND HOT WORK PRACTICES IN THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
    API 585 : 2014 PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INTEGRITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    API 620 CHINESE : 2013 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE, WELDED, LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS
    API 2201 : 2003 : R2010 SAFE HOT TAPPING PRACTICES IN THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
    API 577 : 2013 WELDING PROCESSES, INSPECTION, AND METALLURGY
    ASME PTB 2 : 2009 GUIDE TO LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INTEGRITY
    NACE 8X194 : 2006 MATERIALS AND FABRICATION PRACTICES FOR NEW PRESSURE VESSELS USED IN WET H[2]S REFINERY SERVICE
    API 932B : 2012 DESIGN, MATERIALS, FABRICATION, OPERATION, AND INSPECTION GUIDELINES FOR CORROSION CONTROL IN HYDROPROCESSING REACTOR EFFLUENT AIR COOLER (REAC) SYSTEMS
    API 571 REDLINE : 2011 DAMAGE MECHANISMS AFFECTING FIXED EQUIPMENT IN THE REFINING INDUSTRY
    API 934-A : 2008 MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 2 [1/4]CR-1MO, 2 [1/4]CR-1MO-[1/4]V, 3CR-1MO, AND 3CR-1MO-[1/4]V STEEL HEAVY WALL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE, HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN SERVICE
    ASME PCC 2 : 2015 REPAIR OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND PIPING
    API 945:2003 AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING IN AMINE UNITS
    API RP 2201 : 2003 SAFE HOT TAPPING PRACTICES IN THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
    API TR 938-C REDLINE : 2011 USE OF DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS IN THE OIL REFINING INDUSTRY
    API 584 : 2014 INTEGRITY OPERATING WINDOWS
    API TR 938-C : 2015 USE OF DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS IN THE OIL REFINING INDUSTRY
    API 650 : 2013 WELDED TANKS FOR OIL STORAGE
    API 1626 REDLINE : 2010 STORING AND HANDLING ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND FILLING STATIONS
    API 571 : 2011 DAMAGE MECHANISMS AFFECTING FIXED EQUIPMENT IN THE REFINING INDUSTRY
    API TR 934-B : 2011 FABRICATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR VANADIUM-MODIFIED CR-MO STEEL HEAVY WALL PRESSURE VESSELS
    API 2009 : 2002 SAFE WELDING, CUTTING, AND HOT WORK PRACTICES IN THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
    API TR 934-G : 2016 DESIGN, FABRICATION, OPERATIONAL EFFECTS, INSPECTION, ASSESSMENT, AND REPAIR OF COKE DRUMS AND PERIPHERAL COMPONENTS IN DELAYED COKING UNITS
    API 970 : 2017 CORROSION CONTROL DOCUMENTS
    API 620 : 2013 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE, WELDED, LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS
    API 510 CHINESE : 2014 PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE: IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, RATING, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION
    API 620 REDLINE : 2008 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE, WELDED, LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS
    API 939-E : 2013 IDENTIFICATION, REPAIR, AND MITIGATION OF CRACKING OF STEEL EQUIPMENT IN FUEL ETHANOL SERVICE
    API 1626 : 2010 STORING AND HANDLING ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLENDS AT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS AND FILLING STATIONS
    API 650 : 2013+ADD 3 : 2018 WELDED TANKS FOR OIL STORAGE
    API 650 CHINESE : 2013 WELDED TANKS FOR OIL STORAGE
    API 945 : 2003 : R2008 AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING IN AMINE UNITS
    NACE SP 01 14 : 2014 REFINERY INJECTION AND PROCESS MIX POINTS
    API 510 : 2014 PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE: IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, RATING, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION
    API 751 : 2013 SAFE OPERATION OF HYDROFLUORIC ACID ALKYLATION UNITS
    API 577 CHINESE : 2013 WELDING PROCESSES, INSPECTION AND METALLURGY
    API 934-C : 2008 MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 1 [1/4]CR-[1/2]MO STEEL HEAVY WALL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN SERVICE OPERATING AT OR BELOW 825 DEGREES F (441 DEGREES C)

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    ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 2 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 2- ALTERNATIVE RULES
    ASTM A 923 : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental Intermetallic Phase in Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless Steels
    ASME PV CODE 9 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING QUALIFICATIONS - QUALIFICATION STANDARD FOR WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING PROCEDURES; WELDERS; BRAZERS; AND WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING OPERATORS
    API 934-C : 2008 MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 1 [1/4]CR-[1/2]MO STEEL HEAVY WALL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN SERVICE OPERATING AT OR BELOW 825 DEGREES F (441 DEGREES C)
    ASTM E 562 : 2011 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Determining Volume Fraction by Systematic Manual Point Count
    AWS D10.8 : 1996 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR WELDING OF CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEEL PIPING AND TUBING
    ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 1 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 1
    AWS A4.2M : 2006 STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR CALIBRATING MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE DELTA FERRITE CONTENT OF AUSTENITIC AND DUPLEX FERRITIC-AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL WELD METAL
    ASME B31.3:2016 PROCESS PIPING
    ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 3 : 2017 BPVC Section VIII-BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS - ALTERNATIVE RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH PRESSURE VESSELS
    API 510 : 2014 PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE: IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, RATING, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION
    ASTM A 578/A578M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications
    AWS A4.3 : 1993 DETERMINATION OF THE DIFFUSIBLE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF MARTENSITIC, BAINITIC, AND FERRITIC STEEL WELD METAL PRODUCED BY ARC WELDING
    NACE SP 04 72 : 2015 METHODS AND CONTROLS TO PREVENT IN-SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING OF CARBON STEEL WELDMENTS IN CORROSIVE PETROLEUM REFINING ENVIRONMENTS
    AWS D1.6/D1.6M : 2007 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - STAINLESS STEEL
    AWS A4.4M : 2001 STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT OF WELDING FLUXES AND WELDING ELECTRODE FLUX COVERINGS
    ASME PV CODE 1 : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POWER BOILERS
    API 934-A : 2008 MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 2 [1/4]CR-1MO, 2 [1/4]CR-1MO-[1/4]V, 3CR-1MO, AND 3CR-1MO-[1/4]V STEEL HEAVY WALL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE, HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN SERVICE
    API 934-E : 2010 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR MATERIALS AND FABRICATION OF 1[1/4]CR-[1/2]MO STEEL PRESSURE VESSELS FOR SERVICE ABOVE 825 DEGREES F (440 DEGREES C)
    AWS A5.32/A5.32M : 2011 WELDING CONSUMABLES - GASES AND GAS MIXTURES FOR FUSION WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES
    AWS D1.1/D1.1M : 2015 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE-STEEL
    ASME PV CODE 2C : 2017 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - MATERIALS - SPECIFICATIONS FOR WELDING RODS, ELECTRODES, AND FILLER METALS
    AWS A3.0M/A3.0 : 2010 STANDARD WELDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS INCLUDING TERMS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING, BRAZING, SOLDERING, THERMAL CUTTING, AND THERMAL SPRAYING
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